CEBU CITY, Jan. 16 - President Benigno S. Aquino III prayed to the Sto. Niño to help the people in the Bicol, Visayas and Mindanao cope with the hardships and challenges brought forth by the recent flooding in the regions.

MANILA, Jan. 16 — Malacañang has assured that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is exhausting necessary efforts to put behind bars whoever is responsible in the abduction of the son of lawyer Oliver Lozano last week.

January 17, 2011 11:50 am· Comments Off on Palace urges conditional cash beneficiaries not to rely on government asistance

MANILA, Jan. 16 — Malacañang called on the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program to find jobs that would support their daily needs and not to rely on the financial assistance from the government.

MANILA, Jan. 16  The Bureau of Immigration (BI) offloaded at least 21,709 prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport from August to December last year as part of the governments intensified campaign against human trafficking.

January 17, 2011 11:50 am· Comments Off on Ochoa confirms Brillantes' appointment as new Comelec chairman

MANILA, Jan. 16  Malacanang confirmed on Sunday the appointment by President Benigno S. Aquino III of veteran election lawyer Sixto Brillantes as the new chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

MANILA, Jan. 16 - Informal talks between the negotiating panels of the Philippine government and the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) opened in Oslo, Norway over the weekend, but both sides agreed that no announcement would be made until after the end of the meeting.

MANILA, Jan. 17  At least 15 persons were injured when a public utility jeepney (PUJ) rammed a tree along Quezon Ave., near the corner of Epifanio Delos Santos Ave. (EDSA) in Barangay West Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City at around 10:45 a.m. Monday.